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Estivate Moderate

Origin: Latin suffix -ate

Estivate has 2 different meanings across 1 category:

Verb

Definitions
Verb
1

sleep during summer

"certain animals estivate"

2

To go into stasis or torpor in the summer months.

Related Terms
Antonyms
hole up
Broader Terms (hypernyms)
sleep
Rhyming Words
ate bate late gate kate date wate cate rate nate oate sate tate jate hate mate fate yate agate skate
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